Dancing in the Streets

The Classic Glasgow Memoir

Clifford Hanley, Tom Morton

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Birlinn Ltd
10 January 2025

Autobiography: general; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; True stories; Social & cultural history; Local history

The classic Glasgow Memoir with a new introduction by Tom Morton

This is Clifford Hanley's vibrant, unsentimental and hilarious account of growing up in the 1920s and '30s, and his later working life as a radio broadcaster and journalist.

His razor-sharp observations and anecdotes cover many topics, from family life, art and showbiz to politics, sex, TB and what it was like to be a conscientious objector during the Second World War. But even the most bittersweet stories are leavened with humour, and the irrepressible Glasgow spirit always shines through.

'Hanley writes with consistent relish for his native city . . . captures Glasgow and its people nonchalantly and unfussily'

Ian Jack, The Guardian

'Like a portal into a vanished Glasgow, but one where the city, its people

their foibles, hopes, humour and warmth

are instantly familiar'

Norry Wilson, Lost Glasgow

By: Clifford Hanley
Introduction by: Tom Morton
Imprint: Birlinn Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9781780278902
ISBN 10: 178027890X
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 10 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clifford Hanley was a well-known Glasgow journalist, broadcaster and novelist. In addition to his journalism, he is best known for writing the words to Scotland's unofficial national anthem, Scotland the Brave.' He wrote many books under his own name, and a number of thriller under the pen-name Henry Calvin He also wrote film and TV scripts. He died in 1999.

Reviews for Dancing in the Streets: The Classic Glasgow Memoir

'An autobiography of great gusto and enjoyment' * Sunday Times * 'Hanley writes with consistent relish for his native city . . . captures Glasgow and its people nonchalantly and unfussily' -- Ian Jack * The Guardian * 'Like a portal into a vanished Glasgow, but one where the city, its people – their foibles, hopes, humour and warmth – are instantly familiar' -- Norry Wilson * Lost Glasgow *